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Recent Examples of forthwith Substitute any other nation and she’d be canceled forthwith. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025 The first wave of airborne attacks will be launched forthwith. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 Whichever designer first slid that paint job across a boardroom table should be banished forthwith to work on the Sonigenic SHS-series Yamaha Keytar, where there's no chance this dangerously inept individual could make the product look any worse. New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024 Accordingly, the Special Master and cartographer are DIRECTED to commence work forthwith on a remedial map. Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023 Garland, Weiss, Wolf, and everyone connected to this growing scandal owe the nation answers, forthwith. The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2023 It is therefore ordered that the Arizona Department of Corrections, Reentry and Rehabilitation release (him) forthwith. Elena Santa Cruz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023 DeSantis, a potential presidential candidate who studied history at Yale, characterizes American universities as liberal indoctrination centers ruled by faculty whose political correctness needs to be canceled, forthwith. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023 On September 21st the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, declared that the model of railway privatisation that Britain has followed for the past two and a half decades had stopped working, and would end forthwith. The Economist, 26 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forthwith
Adverb
  • The left-sided centre-back was immediately loaned back to her previous club, PSV, then broke into the Netherlands team at the start of the season.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • OpenAI and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Adverb
  • Some of the bribe payments were captured on video and shown to jurors who promptly convicted Jenkins in December.
    June 17, CBS News, 17 June 2025
  • This information is needed to promptly inform you, the international community, and ensure an effective response and assistance to any emergency situation in Iran.
    Andrew Stanton Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Adverb
  • The season’s heat instantly invokes daydreams of strolls through quaint neighborhoods, outdoor dining, and sunset sails on crystal clear waters.
    Essence, Essence, 20 June 2025
  • Traveling at the speed of light, this radiation reaches Earth almost instantly, ionizing the upper atmosphere.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Adverb
  • Many feature the touches and amenities now familiar to Chinese drivers, from large touch screens and massage-chairs to drawers.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • Everton midfielder Hayley Ladd is the brains of the operation now, while Liverpool counterpart Ceri Holland has become a reliable source of goals and energy.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 June 2025

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“Forthwith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forthwith. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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